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Courageous Parker sisters were ‘Boilermakers in every sense’

By naming residence halls after alumnae Frieda and Winifred Parker, Purdue celebrates their successful campaign to integrate student housing.

Media contact: Tim Doty, doty2@purdue.edu

What’s a life worth? Presidential Lecture Series guest to discuss his role leading 9/11 victims fund, others spawned by tragedies

Washington, D.C., attorney Kenneth R. Feinberg, who time and again has been assigned the unimaginable task of determining the value of a lost life, will join Purdue President Mitch Daniels as part of Presidential Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 1 in Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse.

Media contact: Matthew Oates, oatesw@purdue.edu

Introducing Clinic Immersives by Purdue University Global: ‘A game changer’ for health care students and practitioners

Clinic Immersives by Purdue Global is cutting-edge clinical skills training technology that can be practiced anywhere, anytime by health care students and practitioners with real-time feedback.

Media contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu

Purdue researchers develop cancer immunotherapy treatment

Researchers in Purdue’s College of Pharmacy are further developing a potential immunotherapy treatment for cancer, one focused on the mutation of an enzyme.

Media contact: Steve Martin, sgmartin@prf.org

Purdue’s Data Mine is making data science accessible for all

Purdue’s The Data Mine program aims to expand and support underrepresented students in data fields.

Media contact: Brian Huchel, bhuchel@purdue.edu

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More Purdue News

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Leading writer, the CEOs of AMD and Adobe, and a tech industry investor to headline Presidential Lecture Series spring lineup

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Purdue’s online master’s degrees in engineering and education achieve top spots in national rankings, making significant gains

January 27, 2026

Purdue recognized with 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

January 27, 2026

Weather advisory: West Lafayette in-person classes and operations delayed Monday due to winter weather; Indianapolis fully virtual

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